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St Totteringham's Day was the day when Arsenal fans celebrate the fact that Tottenham can no longer catch Arsenal in the League. It is a movable feast, but usually falls in March, April or May. It was the day to collect on bets made by over-optimistic Spurs fans in the close season who think that "this is the year".
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Sun, 06 Mar 2016
The day after the NLD
I'm just going to stick to the facts here today.
We are now eight points behind Leicester, and three behind Spurs.
They both have better goal differences than us, Leicester by 5 and Spurs by 11. That is effectively an extra point for both.
So the top of the table looks like this...
| Games left | Points | GD | Points available | |
| Leicester City | 9 | 60 | 21 | 87 |
| Spurs | 9 | 55 | 27 | 82 |
| Arsenal | 9 | 52 | 16 | 79 |
| Manchester City | 10 | 50 | 21 | 80 |
Not pretty reading but what about the run in? Before I looked at this I was miserable but this may cheer you up...
| Leicester | Spurs | Arsenal |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Utd (H) | Aston Villa (A) | West Bromwich Albion (H) |
| Crystal Palace (A) | Bournemouth (H) | Everton (A) |
| Southampton (H) | Liverpool (A) | Watford (H) |
| Sunderland (A) | Manchester Utd (H) | West Ham Utd (A) |
| West Ham Utd (H) | Stoke City (A) | Crystal Palace (H) |
| Swansea City (H) | West Bromwich Albion (H) | Sunderland (A) |
| Manchester Utd (A) | Chelsea (A) | Norwich City (H) |
| Everton (H) | Southampton (H) | Manchester City (A) |
| Chelsea (A) | Newcastle Utd (A) | Aston Villa (H) |
| Key: points at 2.30pm on 6th March | Less than 20 | 20 to 29 | 30 to 39 | 40 to 49 | Over 50 |
|---|
The only team that could change colour today is Man Utd if they beat WBA.
The first thing to notice is that we play a lot more orange and green than either Spurs or Leicester. Green is against clubs in the relegation battle, so they will be fighting. Except for Villa. Orange are probably going to be safe.
The next thing is the number of pink games for Spurs: these are teams fighting for European places and won't be easy games.
Looking at the total number of points won so far by our remaining opponents Leicester face 330, Spurs 323 and Arsenal 308. We have an easier run in by some margin. The question is will it be enough to turn round the gap to the teams above?
Please note I don't exclude Manchester City, West Ham or others from this analysis beacuase I don't think they could beat Arsenal in the league, but only out of practicality. I think the City-Arsenal game looks key for Champions League positioning.
Also note that Arsenal have at least two extra games alongside the league campaign (Barca and Hull City replay), as do Spurs. This could well help Leicester.
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